A Study to Improve the Vitamin A and Iodine Status of Pregnant Women through a Multiple Micronutrient Fortified Salt

Table 1

Inflammation adjustments done to obtain serum retinol adjusted values.

Condition	Name of the group	Serum retinol adjustments
No increase in the acute phase proteins (CRP≤5 mg/L and AGP ≤1 g/L)	Reference group	No adjustment
CRP is increased (CRP>5 mg/L) and AGP is normal (AGP≤1 g/L)	Incubation group	Serum retinol is multiplied by the correction factor 1.13
CRP and AGP are increased (CRP>5 mg/L and AGP>1 g/L)	Early convalescence group	Serum retinol is multiplied by the correction factor 1.24
CRP is normal (CRP≤5 mg/L) and AGP is raised (AGP>1 g/L)	Late convalescence group	Serum retinol is multiplied by the correction factor 1.11